Danbury 11s stay alive in Ripken state tournament

Updated 11:34 pm, Friday, July 26, 2013

BETHEL -- Danbury defeated Newtown 6-4 in nine innings to force a one game championship rematch Saturday at 10 a.m. in the 11-year-old Cal Ripken State Tournament at Mitchell Park.

Luke Shliger (3 hits) and Javon Hernandez (2 hits) hit RBI singles in the top of the ninth for the winning margin. Hernandez pitched five shutout innings, but Newtown rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth to force extra innings. Shea Talbot's bases loaded double was the big blow for Newtown in the sixth.